[ARC5] Wow...

[scottjohnson1 at cox.net]

There were many of those converters made for the military, mostly to allow
28V radios to be used in commercial vehicles (flightline pickups and vans,
etc.)  Magnavox even made a little box that would accommodate a UHF or VHF
radios such as the ARC-164 or ARC-186.  It accepted 12/24 VDC, or 115/230V
AC, and had a built-in amplified speaker and mic jacks.  It even had a plate
to mount an AT-256 antenna on top for portable use.  I have three of them,
one with an ARC-164, one with an ARC-186, and one with an ARC-210.  We
carried around a Wilcox 807 in the flight line van with an inverter, an
upgraded to the little Magnavox box when they became available (the SOF
truck had both VHF and UHF if memory serves).  I think I can remember line
vans with ARC-27s in them, with an auxiliary alternator and 24V battery just
for the radio.  Most vans just had UHF, but a few also had ARC-73s or
ARC-49s for VHF.

Scott 

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Subject: Re: [ARC5] Wow...

Fair Radio for some years sold a cubical box with something like 8 inches on
a side, that converted 12 DC to 24 DC. What was that thing for?
-Hue Miller
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